Header attachment for tractors.



B. Y. BRYANT.

HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, I916.

Patented July 9, 1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1 B. Y. BRYANT.

HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26 I916.

Patented July 9, 1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2 B. Y. BRYANT.

HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. 1916.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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BEB'IAIN Y. BRYANT, HAVEAND, KANSAS.

HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTOBS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that BERTAIN Y. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, residin at Haviland, in the county of Kiowa and tate of Kansas, has invented newand useful Improvements in Header Attachments for Tractors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to grain harvesters of the header type, and its object is to provide a simple and efficient structure which enables the same to be readily attached to any ordinary agricultural tractor, and also to provide improved means where-= by the header platform may be tilted to opcrate at different heights without throwing the driving means out of gear.

With the objects stated in view, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be. better understood, reference is had to the-accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

'In the drawings,

Figure l-is. a side elevation of the machine, with the elevator removed;

Fig. 2 is a 'plan view, and

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the machine.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes an ordinary agricultural tractor having a shaft 6 which is driven through a suitable gearing by the engine of the tractor, the same not being a part of this in-. vention, in view of which a detailed descrip-v tion is not necessary. To the sides ofthe tractor frame are bolted bars 7 which extend forward from the front end of the'tractor and form'the supbar 9in front. of the platform, a conveyor 9 10 at one end of'the platform, andv areel 11 above the platform, all arranged andope'ratingjin the usual-manna The forwardiends of the bars 7 support a transverse horizontal shaft 12 on which are fulcrulnedintermediate their ends,ar'ms 13 carry1ng at'their lower ends the platform 8,'the latter being. adjustable as tothe arms with a series the supportmg arms 13 are pivoted, the'platform 8. may be swung upand down, this adjustmentbemg effected byfla hand leve'r lfi by-the tractor and having a rod. with -a Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented July 9, 1918.

Application ales June as, 1916. Serial no. 105,958.

rocker arm 17 on a shaft 18 carried by thecarried by the bars 7 The platform '8 is y1eldingly supported by means of coiled springs 24 connected at one end to a pair of arms 13 and at their. 9

lower ends to the bars 7 by means of ad- ]ustmg rods 25 carried by brackets 26 mounted on said bars.

The lever 15 has a latch 27 engaging a ratchet sector 28 for holding the lever. The teeth of the sector slope so that the latch is free to slip and allow the. lever to swing in one direction, or in a direction to allow the platform 8 to tilt upward. The lever therefore does not lock the platform down, and

' the. latter is free to rideover obstructions.

The sickle bar 9 and all the other working parts of the header are driven from the shaft 6. Thedischar'ging end of'the platform 8 carries a shaft 29 which is connected by a universa'l/ joint 30 to a shaft 31 consisting of two telescopically connected sect ons, and having a universal joint connect1on32 with a short shaft 33 provided with a bevel gear 34 which is in mesh with a bevel gear 35 0n a countershaft' 36 driven by the shaft 6 through a sprocket-and-chain or other. suitable 'gearing'37. The flexible d'riving connection'between the shafts 29 and 33 is necessary in order that the platform 8 may be tilted.

The reel 11 is ed in bearings on vertical and horizontal 8. One end of'the reel shaft has a bevel carried by a shaft 38 mountsupports 39 and 40 carried by the platf gear 41 which is in'm'esh with a bevel pin-.

ion 42 on a shaft'43 which is intwo sections connected by a universal joint 44 and carried by bearings 45 mounted on one of the supports 40. The shaft 43 is connected tothe shaft 29 by a sprocket-.and-chain gear:

ing 46. It .will.therefore' be seen that the "reel is driven by the shaft 29. The shaft 43 is made in flexibly connected sections in L order. that the reel may be. raised and low vfered and also set forward and rearward, the .pinion 42 'beingsplined on the shaft.

The sickle bar 9 is d .ven by a pltinan 47 connected to a crank 48011 a shaft 49 carried the platform 8 and driven from the shaft 29 by a sprocket-and-chain or other suitable gearing 50. The cohveyer belts are also driven from the shaft 49, a suitable gearing bein provided for this purpose.

T e shafts 33 and 36 are supported by a bearing bracket 51 carried by the tractor frame, and latter shaft is also provided with a clutch 52 so that the harvesting mechanism may be thrown out ofgear.

The attachment 's llght in weight and it can be easily controlled and readily applied to the tractor, no change in the structure of the latter being necessary.

I claim:

The combination with a tractor, of supporting bars projecting forward from the front end thereof, a transverse shaft carried by'said bars, pivoted arms carried by the shaft, a ha esting mechanism carried by the lower en of the arms, said mechanism comprising a platform, and a sickle bar, a

form shaft, a second shaft carried by the platform and operatively connected to the first-mentioned platform shaft and tothe conveyor, and a driving connection between the sickle bar and the second-m entioned platform shaft;

In testimony whereof I aifix my si nature.

BERTAJN Y. BR ANT. 

